Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-09-22

The pos'oftce At Pierce City was dscou.
tinued on the 10Th. The nearest Office to
that place now is Weipc, about fifteen miles
this side. The office, no doubt, paved bet.
ter than thousands of Offices now maintained
by the government, but we understand
| through the inhabitants own negligence the
o.hce was discontinued. v hen the last
postmaster resigned. there was not one Of
the citizens who would accept the appoint.
ment, SO what more could be expected. 1t
Will az least he ,hree months before matters
can be rcadjustr'l and the office reestab.
lished.
MILIrI, COMPANY Foa LEWISTON 49,
Col. Ell. McConrlll-. l"n..tm resident
OF Lewiston. aud one If the bravest voun.
teer commanders that ever faced he enemy.
as was eviuced ny the dis irline dur,ug the
Hez Perez Indian war If 1877, ia now ,p.
|e.v"rnnI t" "rlanize "A company OF militia
for Lewiston. lie has already written IA
the Governor IF the Territory 20 ascertain
what lie will do towa,d issuing ti,e.sims
u he company, which, no doubt, can he
ohtained. Lewiston certainly has the ma.
.e'ial tor large company, aid in time can
maintain as we'll drilled militia company as
is found ir the northwest. Many Of cur
young men a,e eathused on the comtem-
plated pr ject, aud "e trust it will he en-.
couraged by the older element and carried
through to success
A WOMAN Beaten SENT o,T OF Town -
About two months ago Neis Anderson. a
Norwegian, who has been resident of this
locality for several years, but recently en-.
pi"Ned IN the machine shop Of +. B. Cooper
IN this city, went home drunk and com
menced abusing his wife and children. u .
ii'ctne severe bru SEES on the person of Il Z
FORMER. to which, owing t" the frait wie's
inability uli not resent only by the arm of
the law. Accordingly, she swore out war
rant for his arrest AMI lie was loi sel ia lsi!.
men duly sober he "as taken before Judge
Rice. and after hearing testimony Of his wife
and other witnesses was put Gflder $500
bonds to keep the peace for six months. Mr..
Cooper. his employer, went on his bond.
All went well until last Saturday, when
Anderson went home again with too much
elegantly booze aboard, and repeated the
o'tense for which he was under bonds heat
ing his wife numerically. Mr. Cooper
i'll the meantime released his bond, and
Anderson was again jagged. On Monday
morning he was brought up before Judge
Rice, and after considerable debate, he was
offered his freedom If h. would promise to
leave on the steamer that day uoon and
never come back. To this he asse nted,
and shsritf Largdon accompanied him to
the boat to see that he fulfilled his prom
Use. Anderson was said to be good mo-
chanic, and good man to his family when
not in the worse for liquor.
KILLED BY HIS HoR e. On Friday morn.
ing last Chas. Wood and Frank McGranc
left Gransevllo for sla \. creek to attend a
dance, and when they reached point about
mile and half this side Of Slate creek,
were joined by one Frank c Fox, who
was working on the road. Fox caught up
his horse sadlled him and rode on with
them, aud when 90 their journey but a
short ways Fox challenged the party for a
a race bat the boys refused to run, with
the excuse that their horses wee tired he
would not tane no for an answer, and kept
insisting on racing, when finally McGrane
said, Il will give you a little chase just for
fun" They whipped II their horses aud
ran about hundred yards when thsy came
to little gu'ch McGranr checked up his
horse but Fox continued running at full
speed. When his H. rse reached bottom of
the gulch he stumbled throwing Fox in
front Of the animal, striking his head On a
huge rock the horse got partly up and fell
I again. rolling over Fox crushing him to the
earth almost to jelly. THIS happened at
about noon on Friday and the unfortunate
msn died at IL o'clock that night without
speaking q word. Fox came TO this count ~
\ few years ago and /" ugu. Uncle johnny
WoM's place on Slate creek aud few hun.
dred head of cattle and has since been en-
gagged in stock raising. n. wa' man about
thirty years of age aud leaves wife and
wo children in Water t"wn. Jefferson couu.
ty, New York. his forme. home. The sad
intelligence of his untimey death was tele.
graphed from this city on Monday ev ming
to his wife in New York state He WAS
buried at Graneeville on Saturday. the Rev
Mr. Hall officiating